Chapter 14: Family Event
Moana

“I’ll pay.”

Ella and I were both shocked when we turned around to see Edrick standing there, credit card in hand, his face covered by sunglasses and a surgical mask.

“Daddy!” Ella exclaimed.

Edrick handed the ice cream salesman his credit card and ruffled Ella’s hair. “Eat your ice cream before it melts,” he said, guiding us away from the stand and the people behind us who were getting quickly annoyed at us for holding up the line to get ice cream.

“I thought you had to work,” Ella said.

“I decided to come home early so I could spend your birthday with you after all,” Edrick replied. “But you weren’t home. Selina told me that you went on an outing…” I couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, but the way his head slowly turned toward me told me everything I needed to know.

a bench and Edrick instructed Ella to sit while she finished her ice cream, then he stood next to me and lowered

did you take her out if you had no money?” he asked, his

take out money in a while. And

jumped up from her bench. “This is the best birthday ever!” she said

her father would make her go home, and

really not safe for us to be out in

lip out in a pout. “But it’s my birthday,” she whined. “You never want to go anywhere, and

girl, Edrick,” I said quietly. “Let her

moments before letting out a deep sigh and crouching to wipe the ice cream off of Ella’s face with a napkin. “Alright,” he

she had when it was just the two of us. As we spent the afternoon walking around the theme park, I couldn’t help but take out my phone to secretly snap some sweet pictures of Ella and Edrick together. It was so sweet

sun started to get down, Edrick and I began to feel tired. Ella, however, still had just as much energy, and insisted on one more ride

now that we were

a fun outing just as much as his daughter

rose up above the theme park under the setting sun, an involuntary gasp came out of my mouth. The way that the last rays of sunlight refracted across the treetops as they swayed in the hot summer breeze,

me to see Ella giggling and peering out over the crowd. And

was looking at

eyes darted away quickly, as though he had only glanced at me on accident. Soon, the ferris wheel began to

went around a few times more. When it finally came to a stop at the bottom, the attendant let us out. Edrick put his mask back on then got out with Ella in one of his arms. Then, he turned around and held out his other hand for me to

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